That is a ridiculous argument. By that argument only people actively involved in a military operation could have any say in it. Not how our country is set up. God knows I don’t want Trump on the front lines. That idea goes way beyond the militaristic SATIRE of Starship Troopers. And even there Heinlein had it where active military couldn’t even vote.

They’re not “hung out to dry”. They’re deployed in support of US foreign policy. Just like hundreds of thousands of othet army, navy, air force, marine and coast guard servicemen and women. You may disagree with their deployment, but our system is set up for that. And spare me the Thermopylae comparison. That’s Trump level hyperbole. And anyone else having weird posting issues?

What’s the dare? I’ve been following the Syrian conflict incredibly closely since 2014(I was late to the game. Just passing following for 2011-2013 except for certain major events.) And I don’t remember a dare.

Side question, and I only ask this because there are a lot of ignorant people here at times(and on some suspects I am one of them) but when you ask what happened at Thermopylae are you actually asking or being sarcastic? The Spartan reference(and I work at Michigan State University by the way) implies you know that 300 Spartans along with 1500 other Greeks died fighting the Persians there. Are you saying al-Tanf is the equivalent? Or Cizire? Manbij? Kobani?